Combined coat and hat hanger



1. '1. PRIMEAU. COMBINED COAT AND HAT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2, 1921.

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J. J. PRIMEAU. COMBINED COAT AND HAT HANGER.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH J'. PRIMEAU, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

COMBINED COAT AND HAT HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug; 30, 1921 Application filed February 2, 1921. Serial No. 441,986.

To all whom it may concern v Be it known that I, JOSEPH J. PRIMEAU, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city'of VVorceste'r, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in -Combination Coat and Hat Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in garment supports and more particularly to combination coat and hat hangers.

' One of the objects of my invention is to provide a simple, eflicient, inexpensive device of the character described which shall be made in such a way as to permit the coat hanger to collapse into a small compass.

A further object of my invention consists in providing in combination with a sheet metal hanger means for supporting or suspending said hanger in position upon a wall supportor abutment with ease and despatch.

A still further object of my invention is to provide in a deviceas described a hanger havingmea'ns adapted to serve the two-fold function of taking a secure foothold or anchorage upon any suitable abutment or support and also to permit a pair of foldable arms forming a coat hanger to engage said means so as to hold and lock said arms in A still further object of my invention con sists in-providing a sustaining or supporting hanger with an integral hook upon whicha cap is adapted to rest and be supported.

And it is another object of my invention to provide a combination coat and hat hanger equipped with an integral hat supporting hook and also supporting coat hanger in collapsible relation thereto, the arrangement of the parts being such that the device may be used either as a hat hanger or coat hanger or both and in either event the device" is provided with integral means by which it is possible for a-person to fasten the same with extraneous means upon any support such as the window sill, a wall, a door, or outdoors upon a tree, line, etc.

NVith the above and other objects in view my invention consists in the combination, arrangement and details of construction herein disclosed in the drawings and specification and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Inthe drawings which are merely illus- 'tra'ctive of my invention, similarreference characters are designated by similar figures throughout the respective views.

,Figure 1 is a front elevation of vention supported in position,

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof, Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof in posit1on,

Fig. 4 is a perspective view thereof, Fig. 5 is a side view of one of the coat hanger arms,

a Fig. 6 isa bottomplan view of my invention,

Fig. 7 is a detail fragmentalview thereof, Fig. 8 is a detail fragmental, sectional view ofa pivotal support,

Fig. 9 is a plan view of a sheet metal blank stamped out to provide a hanger,

Fig. 10 is a rear elevation of my invention with all the parts collapsed,

11 is a bottom plan view of Fig. 10, Fig. 12 is atop plan View of Fig. 10, Fig. 18 is a side view of Fig.10, and, Fig. 14 is a front elevation of Fig. 10. In the drawings which are merely illustrative of my invention A designates any given support upon which my hanger is adaptedto be mounted. l and 2 designates similarly sized and shaped coat hanger arms which may be made of metal, wire or any other suitable material and which may optionally be formed short of'their inner ends my in- 'with the loops 3 and also-at their outer ends with the hooks or loops 4 and terminal ball tips 5 the inner ends of the arms 1 and 2 are perforated as at 6 for the reception of a pivot pin 1 7,the overlapping inner pivoted ends of both arms 1 and 2 being designated 7 and 8 as shown inFigs. (5 and S particularly, and being preferably beveled at these points to make a lap joint.

In order to provide a suitable hanger to support the'coat hanger sheet metal may be used and a blank such as shown in Fig. 9 stamped out so as to provide the elongated strap 9-one end of which is slit as at 22 to provide theopposing divergent arms 1S and 19 and V recess B. The strap 9 is adapted to undergo the operation of folding by which a hook 12 is performed in the nature of a loop portion the bight end of which is designated 11. and the side portions of which are designated respectively 10 and 13 and the end of the strap below the hook 12 is designated 14, being in line with the strap 9 and formed into a loop 15 with a reversely bent hook portion 16 in which the pivot pin 17 is secured upon which are supported the coat hanger arms 1 and 2. It will be seen that the arms 1 and.

2 extend downwardly in opposite directions in such a way as to maintain the usual appearance of a coat hanger.

The arms 1 and 2 are maintained in a horizontal position when open and readily supporting the coat by reason of the fact that their inner ends rest upon the loop 15 at the lower end of the strap 9 as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4. The arms 18 and 19 of the strap 9 are provided with the hook spurs 21 which extend downwardly and which may take a secure foothold and anchorage in any support such as the support A thereupon a hat may be placed upon the hook 12 and a coat upon arms 1 and 2 and the shape of these articles will be maintained intact thus a person is able instantly to set up the coat hanger without any special fastener.

If it is desired to collapse the parts of this device into a small space this can readily be done as will now be explained. Then with the metal blank which will preferably be made of spring metal so that the various parts may readily yield, this being the case after the arms 1 and 2 are folded upwardly upon the pivot 17 the strap 9 may be readily flexed over diagonally of the side arms as shown clearly in Fig. 13 until the hook spurs 21 spring over around and against these arms and lock them in a neat folded and collapsed relation the parts will look as particularly shown in Figs. 10 to 14: inclusive. It is still to be noticed that when the parts are thus collapsed and the arms are held against collapsation by means of hook spurs 21 that there will still be an other clearance between the spurs 21 and the side arms 1 and 2 to permit the spurs to be sunken in any support and thus the device is ready to use as a hat hanger alone as shown clearly in Fig. 13. p

This device is equally well adapted as a hat hanger or a coat hanger or both and when the parts are all folded together the device may be readily carried around in the pocket of the user and instantly set up and positioned to support a coat and hat in the manner of any coat hanger having the added advantage of ahat hanger.

Numerous modifications may be resorted to in practice without departing in principle from the details of construction herein disclosed.

Claims:

1. A device as described consisting of a sheet metal strap being slit at one end to provide oppositely extending arms, hook spurs formed terminally upon said arms and a pair of coat hanger arms pivoted to the lower portion of said hanger and adapted to be folded up and sprung into said hook spurs.

2. A'device as described consisting of a sheet metal hanger being provided with a pair of divergent arms formed with terminal spurs, a pair of coat hanger arms pivotally carried by said hanger and of alength to engagesaid spurs so as to'extend alongside said hanger in collapsed relation thereto.

8. A device as described consisting of a sheetmetal strap being slit at its upper end to provide a pair of divergent arms formed with terminal spurs the strap being formed at its lower end with another hook and a pair of coat hanger arms having their inner ends pivoted upon the last named hook and having their outer ends foldable alongside said strap and engageable with said spurs.

4. A device as described consisting of a sheet'metal strap slit at one end to provide a pair of divergent arms a pair of hook spurs formed upon said divergent arms, said strap being formed between its ends with a looped hook anda'pair of coat hanger arms pivoted upon said hangerbelow said hook and having their outer ends adapted to fold within the spurs of the strap.

5. A sheet metal hanger made of spring metal formed at one end with a pair of yieldable arms having terminal spurs, an intermediate looped hook formed upon said hanger and a pair of coat hanger arms having their inner ends pivotally secured upon said hanger and having hook terminals adapted to be positioned within said spurs so as to lock said arms in collapsed position.

6'. In combination a sheet metal strap, a pair of coat hanger arms pivotally c0nnected at one end to said strap and a pair of hook shaped spurscarried by said strap at its opposite end and serving a twofold purpose of supporting said strap and receiving the ends of said arms so as to lock being bent, terminal spurs extending downwardly from the bent ends of said arms, the

lower portion of said strap being provided with a hook portion, apair of coat hanger shaped arms pivoted to the last named hook portion, a common pivotffor said arms secured to the last named hook, the said strap hanger having oppositely extending arms adapted to be flexed diagonally of said arms and connected centrally to the lower end of and between them so as to connect the bent said hanger. upper end around said arms to frictionally In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my 5 lock them in position, said arms When rehand and seal this 1st day of February, 1921. 15

leased from said spurs adapted to fold in a JOSEPH J PRIMEAU [L S] horizontal position.

8. A device as described consisting of a Attested: sheet metal strap providing a pair of oppos- MINNIE SCHOENFELDT, 10 ing hooks spurs at its upper end and a coat WILLIAM E. BAFF. 

